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Shunned: discrimination against people with mental illness
- Author:
- THORNICROFT Graham
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 301p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. The book presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this.
Stifling stigma
- Author:
- DAW Rowena
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.6.04, 2004, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that a new draft Disability Discrimination Bill will help people with mental health problems by bringing them further within the remit of discrimination law.
Stigma and discrimination in mental health
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This fact sheet highlights stigma and discrimination in mental health services. It outlines how nearly nine out of 10 people (87%) with mental health problems have been affected by stigma and discrimination. More than two thirds of people with mental health problems (71%) say they have stopped doing things they wanted to do because of stigma. Even more (73%) say they have stopped doing things they wanted to do because of fear of stigma and discrimination. People with mental health problems say that stigma and discrimination affect all aspects of their lives: work, education, friendships, community participation, going to the shops, going out to the pub, talking to other people about their mental health problems. The report describes how mental health affects crime and violence, employment, economic costs and public attitudes and media reporting. The report suggests that stigma and fear can stop people seeking help at an early stage for their mental health problems.
Stigma shout: service user and carers experiences of stigma and discrimination
- Author:
- CORRY Paul
- Publisher:
- Time to Change
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with mental health problems identify employers as a key stigmatising group on the day government wants to push through scrapping Incapacity Benefit in their Welfare Reform Green paper. 80% of people with a mental health problem want to work - the highest want-to-work rate of any disabled group - but find employers won’t give them a chance. The Stigma Shout survey reveals 35% of people said employers create the most stigma for them. Almost 60% of employers won’t even consider employing someone with a mental health problem This highlights the glaring gap in government thinking on welfare reform. Scrapping Incapacity Benefit and introducing Employment Support Allowance (ESA) without tackling the root cause of worklessness – employers’ stigma – will leave people with a mental health problem caught between a rock and a hard place.
Media, mental health and discrimination: a frame of reference for understanding reporting trends
- Authors:
- KNIFTON Lee, QUINN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 10(1), February 2008, pp.23-31.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Mental health-related stigma and discrimination are significant public health issues. Media reports can both reflect and influence public attitudes. This article develops a frame of reference that identifies a range of themes that can be used to capture a representative picture of trends in the range and balance of reporting different mental health problems. The frame of reference was applied to assess trends in schizophrenia reports in the broadsheet media in Scotland, between 2001 and 2005, to coincide with See Me, a national anti-stigma media campaign. It is suggested that a national media campaign can succeed in breaking the perceived link between schizophrenia and dangerousness. However, campaigns should give more emphasis to the range of subtle, negative reporting.
Open up: campaigning against discrimination
- Authors:
- SASSOON Mina, SHAH Chandra
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(1), February 2008, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Open Up is Mental Health Media's anti-discrimination project run by and for mental health service users. It operates in nine geographical regions in England and Wales. Each region has a part-time coordinator whose role is to network with groups and individuals, set up training courses, and support people who want to take forward action to challenge discrimination. The authors outline the development of the project, and describe how the training has been used at a local level to campaign against cuts.
Experiences of mental health discrimination in New Zealand
- Authors:
- PETERSON Deborah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(1), January 2007, pp.18-25.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Like Minds, Like Mine project is a New Zealand initiative to combat the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. This paper reports on a study undertaken as part of this initiative, and describes the nature of discrimination that people with experience of mental illness face in New Zealand. A written survey was undertaken with people with experience of mental illness from throughout New Zealand, using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative questions. This questionnaire was distributed throughout the country in 2003, using a variety of distribution methods, and 785 responses were received and analysed from people self-identifying as having experienced mental illness. Respondents reported discrimination in all areas of their lives. The most commonly reported areas were discrimination by friends and family (59%), a fear of being discriminated against (46%), and discrimination in looking for employment (34%) and mental health services (34%).
The Disability Discrimination Act: failing people with mental health problems? Part 2
- Author:
- PATRICK Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 296, July 2002, pp.122-123,133.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Looks at the problems of implementing the Act for people with mental health problems. Focuses on the difficulties faced by people with mental health problems to qualify for protection under the Act.
Pulling ourselves together to end discrimination
- Author:
- BIRD Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
A survey of people with mental health problems has revealed a surprising amount of discrimination and lack of understanding by mental health professionals, family and friends. This article describes that research and its recommendations for change.
Discriminatory attitudes to people with intellectual disability or mental health difficulty
- Authors:
- LAU Joseph Tak-fai, CHEUNG Chau-Kiu
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 42(4), October 1999, pp.431-444.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The integration of people with intellectual disability and mental health difficulty in the community is an issue in Hong Kong because it has encountered public resistance. Understanding the public's discrimination against them is of theoretical and practice concern. This survey of residents in Hong Kong examined associations of the public's personal interaction, education, age and sex with its discriminatory attitudes.